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  1. Freda
    Notwithstanding the above - which I don't disagree with entirely - the industry is funded by public money...so public perception does matter.
  2. Freda
    You might like to re-read......' to lead those who protest most loudly to an acceptance of a gradual phasing out ' ......nowhere have I indicated that I think a bashing is ok....but I also know that there will be howls of protest from many.
  3. Freda
    Just thinking with my morning cuppa...while I agree in principle with a whip ban, I can imagine the howls of protest if such should happen. I think that a reduction in allowable strikes - seven, or five say - overall should be brought in pretty soon, for the purpose of leading those who protest most loudly to the acceptance of a gradual phasing-out.
  4. Freda
    Agree...with some qualifications. Should be allowed to be carried for safety and guidance I think.
  5. Freda
    Sigh.....that's when we had them...
  6. Freda
    Eight on the trot.
  7. Freda
    I guess you meant 3 out of 3..?
  8. Freda
    Two out of two.
  9. Freda
    Seems to have some pretty good contacts already. And planes haven't stopped flying north, have they? Now Australia, that's a different matter.
  10. Freda
    Why ?
  11. Freda
    I'm not aware that it is the mandate of a government to prop up a failing business with taxpayers' money....other than charitable organisations. Successive govts have said ' racing, get your house in order. ...and it hasn't. There is a saying ' be careful what you wish for, you might get it ' .....and we might at that.
  12. Freda
    A former racing club exec., and a very experienced administrator, reckons the scope and intent of that Bill is frightening. He said exactly the same as Kopia - have you actually read what it says ? he asked me. It's a backward step in his opinion. As for the political landscape, what is more scary is that most of NZ , incl parliamentarians too, know fk all about racing - and care less. If the Nats do get in, their shadow minister doesn't seem to have a handle on things at all. He could possibly be educated - but by whom?
  13. Freda
    Spot on, K.
  14. Freda
    There was a stipe present at Hokitika last year, when the barriers were numbered arse about face. Didn't do much good there either. Are these blokes never acountable? It's more than a manual malfunction....common-sense seems to be what is seriously lacking, industry - wide.
  15. Freda
    Give up Tommy...you're on a hiding to nothing on this one.
  16. Freda
    The purist in me thinks that handicaps should NOT have black type. There are other jurisdictions where I think some handicaps have black-type status, but I've never agreed with that....similarly, sales-series races, promotional races i.e. the original 'Bayer Classic" .....fine, put up the money, make a great race of it, but don't pretend that it has any relevance to the improvement of the breed when there is a restricted entry.
  17. Freda
    ...and I agree, handicaps should NOT be Grp 1, pattern races are for determining the best of the crop, handicaps are for betting.
  18. Freda
    What difference would it make to the majority of racegoers? The party would still go on, the fashions, the drunks, would still be a big part of the day. I don't really think ( stand to be corrected of course ) that the international runners come because it's a Grp 1, but because it's a shitload of money.
  19. Freda
    The Rip van Winkle progeny seem to have really started to show some quality, after a slowish start. Have followed Germanicus for a while.
  20. Freda
    I had an issue a couple of years ago with Saint Kitt at Dunedin, he'd been last in/man up for his entire career up north ( before I got him ) and such info was passed on by me to the Riccarton lot. I sent him to Dunedin, the horse was ridden by CWJ ( regular rider) and one local barrier staff member was down to help the southern crew. Horse went in in his turn, misbehaved badly and stripped a hindleg. Scratched. Training, transport and time costs all for nothing. Poor old Russell ( starter ) had nothing on his sheet .
  21. Freda
    As long as the black hole of Waikato keeps sucking the energy in, there will be swfa chance of anything changing. JMO.
  22. Freda
    ?
  23. Freda
    Mine's an Android, but slow to load, and ads keep completely covering the page - and I can't delete them. Have to go out of the website and try again. Still getting Knobby underwear.... Laptop ok though.
  24. Freda
    Yup.
  25. Freda
    I mentioned this exact work to Mr Saundry at a meeting, he claimed to have no knowledge of it, so, with Curious' help, I forwarded the same to him. Haven't had an acknowledgement of receipt as yet.....two years later....probably not gonna happen...?
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